Tire-fastener.



No'. 721,266.v 'P'AVTENTED FEB. 24, 1903.

H. G. WILSON. TIRE PASTENER.

APPLI'OATIOI IILED JUL 21, 19x02.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY G. WILSON, OF UNION, IOW.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,266, dated February 24, 1903.

Application filed July 21, 19,02.

.T LZZ whom it may concern: t

Be it known that I, HARVEY G. WILSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Union, in the county of Hardin and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Tire-Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in attachments to vehicle-wheels for supporting and securing the tires in place upon the fellies and it consists in independent clamp-plates atv tached movably to the opposite sides of the felly and adapted to be extended into engagement with the opposite edges of the tire and detachably secured in that position, whereby the tires are supported from lateral movement and the attachmentsadapted to be easily removed when required.

The invention further consists in means whereby the fastening devices for the clampplates may be utilized to secure the fellies.

Other novel featuresof the-invention will be disclosed inthe description following and be specified in the claim. Y

In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure-1 is aside View of a portion of a felly, two of the spokes, and a portion of the tire withthe improvement attached. Fig. 2 is a transverse section, enlarged, on the line 11 11 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse section similar to Fig.-2, illustrating a modication of the construction. e

The device may be applied to'any vehiclewheel having tires separate from the fellies, and for the purpose of illustration the invention is shown inthe drawings applied to an ordinary vehicle-wheel, 10 representinga section of a telly, 11 the spokes, and 12 a section of the tire. v

Attached to thevfelly 10 at suitable points upon opposite sides are independent clampplates 13 13, each pair of the clamp-plates pivotally connectedrat their lower ends through the felly by transverse rivets 14 and extending by their upperends into engagement with the sides of the tire, as shown'at 15.

The projecting portions ofthe clamp-plates, or the portions in engagement with the edge of the tire, conform to the shape ofthe tire at the edges, as shown in'Figs. 2 and 3, so as to closely engage them.

The round-edge tire is in general use, such as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, and when used staal No. 116.464. or@ moana with round-edged tires the engaging portions of the clamp-plates will be correspondingly concave, as shown, to fit said round edges; but the clamp-plates will be formed to closely engage the edges of the tire whatever their shape may be. Between the rivets 14 and the tire the clamp-plates will be connected by detachable bolts 16, the bolts being preferably screw-thr'eaded at one end and engaging one of the clamp-plates by said screwthreaded end, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, the opposite end ofthe bolt 16 being provided with means whereby it may be rotated, preferablya cleft 16L for the reception of a screwdriver. By this simple means the bolt 16 when screwed up will firmly support the' plates 13A 13a and clamp them together upon the felly in engagement with the opposite edges of the tire and hold them against accidental turning and the tire from lateral movement. When the plates 13 13a are to be detached, it is only necessary. to remove the screw-bolt 16, when the plates, either or both of them, may be turned downward free from the tire, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

When the tire is to be removed, the plates on one side of the felly will be loosened by disengaging them from their screw-bolts and yturneddown out of the way of the tire, which may then be readily slipped off the felly. When the tire is again placed upon the telly, the plates, vas 13, are again turned up in engagement with the 'tire and the bolts, as 16, screwed into engagement therewith.

In Figi. 3 the plates 13113a are shown located opposite 'one of the spokes, and in that event the rivet 14 will be inserted through the tenon 11 of the spoke, as there indicated. By this simple means the rivet 14 performs a double function-namely, as a pivot for the plates 13 13aM for securing the plates to the felly and prevent their detachment therefrom, and as a means for fastening the spoke and felly together. The clamping-plates thus have a double support in the rivet andrscrew-bolt, so that the chances for "their working loose are remote, and a compact, simple, and eicient ti re-clamp provided which will not work loose or rattle and which will likewise effectually prevent the tire from working loose or rattling.

As many of the sets of clamps may be employed as may be required; but generally three sets will be sucient on an ordinary wheel. The clamp-plates may be of any size, and the rivets and screw-bolts may. be correspondingly regulated as to size to proportion them to the wheels and the strains to which they will be subjected.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- The combination of a wheel-felly, a tire supported thereon, independent oppositely-dis' posed clamp-plates arranged in pairs for engagement with the opposite edges of said tire, a pivot extending through each pair of said plates and through the folly at a point remote from the tire, and on which said plates are independently movable, and a screw-bolt passing through each pair of said pivotallymounted plates and through the felly at a point between the tire and the pivot, whereby one of said plates may be released independently of the other and swung out of engagement with the tire to permit its removal, and which bolt when screwed to place serves to hold the plates in contact with the tire against accidental turning on their pivot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto axed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARVEY G. WILSON.

Witnesses:

C. E. LAWRENCE, S. CHAMBERLIN. 

